Is Marijuana Addictive?

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Cannabis is not scientifically proven to be addictive, but many users do find it to be habit-forming. It has also been linked recently to depression and mental illness, esp. the stronger strains such as skunk (which has chemicals added to it during the production phaze and is therefore not a natural herb as such, but a man-made one). Cannabis is also generally regarded as a gateway drug - so it can lead to other harder drugs. That said, I think it is important to note and be aware that there are many, many cannabis users across the world who use cannabis recreationally and do not have or develop a problem/addiction with it and do not go on to take harder drugs.

Swim disagrees first off the strain skunk was bread in the late seventies and isn't a very potent strain, in swims experience good cannabis such as high grade cannabis such as white widow extra pretty hard to come by in the UK even with swims old suppliers who used to only deal top quality now only sell mediocre weed that's sometimes sprayed.

If you have been reading any of the british newspapers you will have heard the word skunk used whenever reffering to strong cannabis. Skunk pretty much became slang for "sensimilla" which means seedless cannabis, although the right wing press will tell you cannabis has got stronger in the last few years swim disagrees with this, while cheap morrocon import(soapbar) has been around since the late eighties early nineties (from what swim understands) which is probably very weak cannabis although weak is not better seeing as it is mixed with all sorts of nasty chemical shite. what they don't mention was the ubundance of very strong hashish 40years ago but the good hash has been slowly disapearing to be replaced by cheap laced rubbish.

Afghani hash, lebonese hash, charras, temple balls all have been around for hundreds of years and could still probably beat the potency of quite a lot of the 'skunk' on britains streets.

What beena said isn't true sensimilla cannabis is natural herb, granted most is grown in hydro under lights but as for adding chemicals, yes they do add chemicals like most growers of anything they add nutrients (nutrients don't sound as scary as chemicals do they). This doesn't mean that seedless cannabis fits the daily mail's description of genetically engineered super skunk that sends users mad after one puff.

Swim also doesn't agree with the mental health claims but he has posted his views and evidence on this elsewhere and can't be assed to reiterate.

The best study on mental health found at most the risk of cannabis psychosis (if thats real) would be around one cannabis user in five thousand, compared to the chances of getting an illness from drinking or smoking tobacco.

Swim thinks the best way to find out the real harms are to look at the proper scientific studies that have been done on a large group say a thousand or so. And have made room for other factors.

There are some bullshit studies like "smoking cannabis causes tooth decay" which was done on a group of ten people half of which smoked cannabis. you're hardly going to get a fair reading from that smaller study.

Don't buy into the drug war propaganda our governments spout to keep it illegal but don't listen to the people who believe there are absolutely no harms whatsoever associated with cannabis. theres a good middleground which swim believes is closest to the truth.,